Top 50 cities by quality of infrastructure - 9 American cities make the list!

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From the same firm that published the data in the World's best places to live thread, comes this Top 50 ranking of cities with the best infrastructure.

Nine of the top 50 are American cities. The highest ranking American city is Atlanta, at number 15.

This year’s ranking also identifies the cities with the best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

Singapore is at the top of this index (score 109.1) followed by Munich in second place and Copenhagen in third. Japanese cities Tsukuba (4) and Yokohama (5) fill the next two slots, whilst Dusseldorf and Vancouver share sixth place. Baghdad ranks at the bottom of the table with a score of only 19.6.

Top 50 rankings - City infrastructure

* City Infrastructure Ranking 2009 includes the following criteria: electricity, water availability, telephone, mail, public transport, traffic congestion and airport.

SINGAPORE

MUNICH, GERMANY

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

TSUKUBA, JAPAN

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

VANCOUVER, CANADA

FRANKFURT, GERMANY

HONG KONG

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

TOKYO, JAPAN

PARIS, FRANCE

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES

BERN, SWITZERLAND

MONTREAL, CANADA

TORONTO, CANADA

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

HAMBURG, GERMANY

HELSINKI, FINLAND

OSLO, NORWAY

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

NURNBERG, GERMANY

CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES

BERLIN, GERMANY

NAGOYA, JAPAN

OSAKA, JAPAN

NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES

KOBE, JAPAN

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

PERTH, AUSTRALIA

HONOLULU, HI, UNITED STATES

OTTAWA, CANADA

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

MADRID, SPAIN

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM

MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES

MILAN, ITALY

SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES

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[Ban Hammer 14,572]

washington dc and houston?

[Niels Bohr 72]

Singapore is an awesome stop if you're changing planes in between. I usually book a flight purposely over the course of 24 hours later with the interconnecting flight to explore singapore.

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washington dc and houston?

Did you notice that with the exception of Sydney, most American cities on that list actually outperform most Australian cities on the list?

[Niels Bohr 72]

washington dc and houston?

Did you notice that with the exception of Sydney, most American cities on that list actually outperform most Australian cities on the list?

Yeah.

The author is bias because he likes warm weather.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

washington dc and houston?

Did you notice that with the exception of Sydney, most American cities on that list actually outperform most Australian cities on the list?

Yeah.

The author is bias because he likes warm weather.

?

Chicago ain't warm.

[Peikko 1,575]

I'm wondering what Glasgow is doing on the list...

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I'm wondering what Glasgow is doing on the list...

It had to have done well on one or more of these factors:

electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

[alienlovechild 75]

This year’s ranking also identifies the cities with the best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

What BS! Atlanta has the second highest traffic congestion in the U.S., a limited water supply with a recent drought and a poor public transit system in MARTA. Only the airport could justify a high ranking due to it being the busiest airport in the world.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

This year’s ranking also identifies the cities with the best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

What BS! Atlanta has the second highest traffic congestion in the U.S., a limited water supply with a recent drought and a poor public transit system in MARTA. Only the airport could justify a high ranking due to it being the busiest airport in the world.

Seeing rankings by category would have been nice. I suspect the airport is what got them into the top 15.

[almaty 19]

i thought Oz would be have at least 6 of the top ten///

Edited April 30, 2009 by almaty

[Peikko 1,575]

I'm wondering what Glasgow is doing on the list...

It had to have done well on one or more of these factors:

electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports.

Exactly. I don't see beer, fried Mars bars or Rab C Nesbitt anywhere on that list. Glasgow is an imposter!

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i thought Oz would be have at least 6 of the top ten///

It's shocking to me that Atlanta, DC, Chitown, NYC, and Boston ALL rank higher than Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Can you imagine how sh1tty those Australian cities must be... if NYC beats them in infrastructure?!?

[almaty 19]

i thought Oz would be have at least 6 of the top ten///

It's shocking to me that Atlanta, DC, Chitown, NYC, and Boston ALL rank higher than Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Can you imagine how sh1tty those Australian cities must be... if NYC beats them in infrastructure?!?

terrible.....

[Ban Hammer 14,572]

i thought Oz would be have at least 6 of the top ten///

It's shocking to me that Atlanta, DC, Chitown, NYC, and Boston ALL rank higher than Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Can you imagine how sh1tty those Australian cities must be... if NYC beats them in infrastructure?!?

nyc doesn't have jackjumpers and cane toads.